Relationship Between Satisfaction With Medical Care, Physical Health, and Emotional Well-Being in Adult Men: Mediating Role of Communication.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Non-communicable diseases and psychiatric pathologies are the health problems that most affect the population in the United States.

Objective

This study aimed to examine the mediating role of patient-centered communication (PCC) in the relationship between satisfaction with medical care, physical health, and emotional well-being in American men.

Methods

A cross-sectional - predictive study was carried out. The variables analyzed were satisfaction with medical care, physical health, and emotional well-being. Information from the Health Information National Trends Survey Data (HINTS) was used; HINTS 5, cycle 3 (collected between January and June 2019) and 4 (2020). Data from 3338 men were considered (mean age: M = 55.40, SD = 19.53). Data analyses were

SUBMITTER: Ramos-Vera C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9340312 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature